The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonia Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
The representation of women in contemporary Italian media
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...
The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes ...
David Griecos documentary showcases the underappreciated photography of Domenico Notarangelo, and th...
A look at the people, history, and recovery of the mountain since the eruption in 1980.
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic conseq...
Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary tradition...
The memory of Piero Portaluppi, a Milanese architect who reached the peak of his fame during the 20 ...
This documentary is one of the earliest film enquiries on women's condition in Italy, seen in its di...
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...
In the heart of Sicily, where the Mafia still rules, one man and his family-run TV station, has beco...
Up to one million gladiators are thought to have died in arenas across the Roman Empire. And, althou...
Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead ...
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the mid...
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3-D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, a...
A migrant boat has been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for 30 hours. As authorities ignore calls ...
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest miss...